17 September 2022, Brandenburg, MŁncheberg: Two people carry a basket with freshly picked apples, pears and plums to the Orchard Festival on the grounds of the MŁncheberg Orchard Experiment Station. The largest orchard in Brandenburg had invited to a festival for culture and apple lovers on the same day. For the theme year "Art of Living - Kulturland Brandenburg 2022", the Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt fŁr Gartenbau und Arboristik e. V., the Berlin-Brandenburg Horticultural Association and Kulturland Brandenburg presented the 1st MŁncheberg Orchard Festival. 500 apple varieties and about 80 pear varieties grow on the plantations of the fruit growing experimental station. In total, about 1000 different species and varieties of pome fruit grow here. Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa